Viacom considers bid for Bebo — By Tom Braithwaite in London and Joshua Chaffin in New York — Viacom, the US media group, is considering a bid for Bebo, the social networking site. — The acquisition would represent the latest attempt by Viacom to regain ground lost …

Has Steve Jobs Lost His Magic? — Steve Jobs' keynote speech on Monday was the most uninspiring he's given in recent memory. It hints at the trouble Apple will be in marketing-wise if he ever steps down. — Steve Jobs usually gives his keynote speeches solo, but at Apple's annual developers conference …

Apple OS X 10.5 "Leopard" officially debuts — We came for the Mac Pro, but we're staying for Leopard, Apple's long awaited followup to OS X 10.4, released April of last year. Apple is promising a spring '07 release, and with all of those playground-style put downs of Vista they've …

The Internet: a Series of Spoofs — One Senator's Take — On Net Neutrality — Spawns Parodies — Ted Stevens, currently the Senate's longest-serving Republican, became the latest unlikely character to go viral online when the 82-year-old late in June tried to explain to his colleagues the inner workings of the Internet.

Microsoft shelves its Virtual PC for Mac — Microsoft is putting a halt to a version of its Virtual PC software for Intel-based Macs. — The move comes after start-up Parallels introduced its own virtualization software for running Windows on a Mac, and VMware said Monday it plans to provide …

Giant Robot Imprisons Parked Cars — The robot that parks cars at the Garden Street Garage in Hoboken, New Jersey, trapped hundreds of its wards last week for several days. But it wasn't the technology car owners had to curse, it was the terms of a software license.

Google Deal Will Give News Corp. Huge Payoff — Google has won a bidding war to provide search services and advertising to MySpace.com, the social networking phenomenon, and other Web sites owned by the News Corporation. — The deal promises to pay the News Corporation a minimum of $900 million …

Web 2.0: The 24 Minute Documentary — A couple of weeks ago Michael Arrington got together with a number of startup CEOs and executives to video a discussion about Web 2.0. Participating in the discussion were Aaron Cohen (Bolt), Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster), Keith Teare …

Duran Duran to give virtual gigs — British band Duran Duran are to create a virtual island within online game Second Life, on which they will perform actual live concerts. — The band is the first major group to announce a virtual world presence in the game.

The Myth of the Living-Room PC — WHY YOU DON'T HAVE AN APPLE ITV. — Moments before Steve Jobs took the wraps off his supercharged new Macs in San Francisco today, he took a minute to talk up the company's recent successes. As numbers flashed on the big screen behind him, Jobs reviewed the latest stats on his retail stores.

So Much for Good Intentions — If all had gone according to plan, Bowdoin College students and their Brunswick, Me., neighbors would have received free wireless Internet access in town coffee shops and restaurants this fall. Instead, only students will be able to access the network covering the downtown area.

The Time Fountain — All > Tech > Inventions > The Time Fountain by natetrue — I suppose it might be called a "Backwards in Time Fountain" or a "Time Manipulation Fountain" but I figured those titles would be a bit long. — Let's start with a video, shall we?